After the first victim's story, the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and lied to cover-up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates, the police had to wonder - is the 'Lil' Slugger' real or a sinister phantom? Explore contagious madness in the first TV show directed by Satoshi Kon, the visionary director behind Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers!